Word: herminio
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...showed that Westinghouse Electric Corp. paid $11.2 million from 1976 to 1982 to obtain a lucrative contract to build the first Philippine nuclear power plant. The company last week reiterated that it had actually paid a grand total of $17 million over a ten-year period to Marcos Crony Herminio Disini, head of a now defunct construction conglomerate, to help cement the deal. Westinghouse insists the payments were legal and says it was unaware the money was destined for Marcos. The matter is being investigated by a grand jury in Pittsburgh...
...found "to be of doubtful veracity or at times . . . false." In addition to those named as accessories, 17 soldiers, including Aquino's military escorts and Brigadier General Luther Custodio, who was responsible for security at Manila airport, were charged as principals in the conspiracy and ordered held without bail. Herminio Gosuico, a Manila businessman, was named as an accomplice. Said Agapito ("Butz") Aquino, 45, younger brother of the slain opposition leader: "What is lacking is the mastermind...